Question

Q. With respect to the rescue missions conducted by India, which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

	Operations	Area of Operation
1.	Operation Sukoon	Yemen
2.	Operation Safe Homecoming	Libya
3.	Operation Rahat	Lebanon

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

• A.
  1 and 2 only
• B.
  2 only
• C.
  3 only
• D.
  2 and 3 only

Answer 1

The correct option is B

2 only
Explanation:

Pair 1 is incorrect: Operation Sukoon: It was an operation launched by the Indian Navy to evacuate Indian, Sri Lankan and Nepalese nationals, as well as Lebanese nationals with Indian spouses, from the conflict zone during the 2006 Lebanon War.

Pair 2 is correct: Operation Safe Homecoming was an operation launched by the Indian government in 2011, to evacuate its citizens who were fleeing from the Libyan Civil War. The air-sea operation was conducted by the Indian Navy and Air India.

Pair 3 is incorrect: Operation Raahat was an operation of the Indian Armed Forces to evacuate Indian citizens and foreign nationals from Yemen during the 2015 military intervention by Saudi Arabia and its allies in that country during the Yemeni Crisis.